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TIL of Brucellosis, a disease that spreads by eating or even just inhaling bacteria from infected animals or unpasteurized dairy products. It has many symptoms, from joint pain to liver damage to depression, and was the first disease ever weaponized by the United States for bio-warfare.

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QJPLa TIL: In the Star Trek universe, Enterprise is called Enterprise because of a line of space ships with that name starting with one of the first manned spaceships from Earth. In real life, the first space shuttle was called Enterprise because of Star Trek.
4XwbN TIL Will Smith was about to declare bankruptcy until he was picked to star in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and had to pay the IRS 70% of his salary over the first three seasons
KOwBE TIL that tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton contribute 50 to 85 percent of the oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere.
9YlvM TIL that chipotle peppers are actually just smoked, dried jalapenos.
GAArE TIL in 1996, A group of UFO conspiracy theorists from Long Island, New York led by a retired court bailiff had stolen radioactive materials and planned to assassinate Suffolk County politicians with deadly toothpaste, to expose the existence of aliens.